> -----Original Message----- > From: mike wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Ah yes, of course. I hadn't considered that. > > > > No such problems with my brother's place. The same families > have lived > > on the mountain since they were Neanderthals. > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Bob > > We have the same syndrome on some estates near here. They go > back two or three generations. We are lucky ot live in such > a stable society.
You're right. And when I say Neanderthal, I mean it almost literally. I seem to recall that the Iceman, Oetzi, still has plenty of relatives living in the area where he came from - some remote valley in Austria. And they found someone living near the Cheddar Gorge who is a direct descendant of Cheddar Man (9k years old). http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9707/31/cheddar.man/ > >> > >>There are websites dedicated to the European races that were dealt > >>with by forcible migration during the 20th century. > >>This is one group that I know of <http://www.lemko.org/> I've been in Ruthenia, when I went to Romania a few years ago. It's like a fairy tale in many ways. I went to the county of Maramures, and decided to follow a road which on my map petered out somewhere near the Ukrainian border. I got a lift to the end of the road, which was a village at the head of the valley, and followed a track that led out from the church. People still drew water from wells. The track ended near a stream and a broken down old house which looked abandoned to me. But when I got there somebody like Hansel and Gretel's witch appeared. So I photographed her. I've shown the picture before: http://www.web-options.com/Image2.jpg. She was only about 4'8" / 1.4m tall. When I'd finished photographing her she insisted on some money and wouldn't let go of me until I gave her some change from my pocket. It was about 30p (50c US), but when she took it she fell on her knees and kissed my hand profusely. Cheers, Bob
